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With a hike in coal prices and levy of coal terminal charge, electricity consumers may end up paying more as discoms increase tariffs to counter the hike. This is due to the hike in coal price.

In the ongoing coal linkage e-auction for captive power plants (CPPs), the Coal India Ltd (CIL) secured a booking of 12.95 million tonnes of coal.

Coal India Ltd (CIL), sees rising international prices helping it shrink swollen stockpiles and gain more buyers as domestic customers shun imports in favour of local supplies.

The country´s cash-rich coal, power and oil firms will jointly invest nearly $3 billion to revive three mothballed fertiliser plants. India produced 24.5 million tonne (MT) of urea in the financial year ended March 2016, but also imported 8.5 MT to boost productivity at its farms, which account for about 15 per cent of its $2 trillion economy and employ three-fifths of its 1.3 billion people.

Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), the largest coal producing subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL) is aiming to open two new greenfield coal mines by 2018 as it gears up to reach the targeted production of 250 million tonne (MT) by 2020.

Coal India Ltd (CIL) has signed two agreements with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for implementation of 200-MW solar power projects in Madhya Pradesh.

Coal India Ltd (CIL) and NTPC Ltd have signed a 50-50 joint venture (JV) agreement to take over the Fertilizer Corporation of Indias assets and to run its Sindhri (in Jharkhand) and Gorakhpur (in Uttar Pradesh) units.

An environment ministry (EM) panel has deferred a proposal of IB-Valley washery of Coal India Ltds (CIL) arm Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL).